● LEWIS CAPALDI IS EITHER an improbable popstar, or an inevitable one, and where you stand on that depends a lot on your relationship to social media. If the first way you encounter the Scottish singer-songwriter is through his songs — guileless, unguarded ballads delivered in a soulful rasp — then the man himself is probably going to come as a surprise.
Because Capaldi sings like a heartthrob, but he doesn’t look like most people’s idea of one. Including his own: pale, scruffy and overweight, the 26-year-old regularly jokes about his